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May 08th 2015:Special Encore Presentation: The Need for Food Innovation

Leaders in the culinary arts, business, public health, and environmental sciences are working together to develop business-friendly solutions to today’s most pressing social and environmental concerns, such as:
• Obesity, diabetes, and healthcare costs
• The sourcing and production of our food
• The challenge of feeding an additional two billion people by 2050, as global resources decline
Menus of Change: The Business of Healthy, Sustainable, Delicious Food Choices is a ground-breaking initiative from The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health th

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Featured Guests

William Rosenzweig

William B. Rosenzweig Biography
William B. Rosenzweig is co-founder and managing director of Great Spirit Ventures, the venture
capital division of the A.M. Todd Group, a 135 year-old firm specializing in food flavors, ingredients,
and specialty agriculture. Great Spirit Ventures invests early stage capital and develops new ventures
at the intersection of food, agriculture and medicine.
Mr. Rosenzweig is an entrepreneur, investor and brand builder, having led a number of values-driven
consumer products companies. He has been co-founder and CEO of The Republic of Tea, an
award-winning specialty tea company; Sr. Vice President of Odwalla, the nation’s largest fresh juice
company; V

Sophie Egan

Sophie Egan is Director of Programs and Culinary Nutrition for the Strategic Initiatives Group at The Culinary Institute of America, where she oversees a portfolio of the college’s industry leadership initiatives focused on health, sustainability, and food systems.
She recently earned her Master of Public Health from UC Berkeley, with a focus on Health and Social Behavior. During her master’s program, she worked at Health Research for Action, sat on the school’s admissions committee, and was a Fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Health Leadership. Sophie studied food policy, food innovation, and media strategies for framing health issues within national conversations. Throughout her two